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September 24, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

One comment

  • Col Beausabre

    It’s not unheard of for competitors to supply components to other firms in the industry. Example, United Aircraft owned airframe manufacturers Chance-Vought and Sikorsky, engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney and propeller manufacturer Hamilton Standard. And yes, the F4U Corsair used the P&W R-2800 engine driving an HS prop, but the Republic P47 Thunderbol, Martin B26 Marauder. Grumman F6F, F7F, F8F and Curtiss C-46 also used the R-2800 as did many other aircraft (this is a partial list)

    Brewster XA-32
    Breguet Deux-Ponts
    Canadair CL-215
    Canadair C-5 North Star
    Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf
    Convair 240, 340, and 440
    Curtiss P-60
    Curtiss XF15C
    Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Douglas A-26 Invader
    Douglas DC-6
    Fairchild C-82 Packet
    Fairchild C-123 Provider
    Grumman AF Guardian
    Grumman F6F Hellcat
    Grumman F7F Tigercat
    Grumman F8F Bearcat
    Howard 500
    Lockheed Ventura/B-34 Lexington/PV-1 Ventura/PV-2 Harpoon
    Lockheed XC-69E Constellation
    Martin B-26 Marauder
    Martin PBM-5 Mariner
    Martin 2-0-2
    Martin 4-0-4
    North American AJ Savage
    North American XB-28
    Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
    Northrop P-61 Black Widow
    Northrop F-15 Reporter
    Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave
    Sikorsky S-60
    Vickers Warwick
    Vought F4U Corsair
    Vultee YA-19B

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